Waterloo 1815: Wavre, Plancenoit and the Race to Paris (Hofschroer Peter)(Paperback)

Waterloo 1815: Wavre, Plancenoit and the Race to Paris (Hofschroer Peter)(Paperback)

Histories of the Waterloo campaign and tours of the battlefield generally concentrate on the battle between the armies of Napoleon and Wellington - the role of Blucher's Prussians is left in the background. Peter Hofschoer's fascinating account focuses on the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo and

24 Hours at Waterloo - 18 June 1815 (Kershaw Robert)(Paperback / softback)

In March 1815, the Allies declared war on Napoleon in response to his escape from exile and the renewed threat to imperial European rule. Three months later, on 18 June 1815, having suffered considerable losses at Quatre-Bras, Wellington's army fell back on Waterloo, some ten miles south of

Sharpe's Waterloo - The Waterloo Campaign, 15-18 June, 1815 (Cornwell Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the Royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great

Creating a Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809-1815 (Morbey Peter)(Paperback)

Creating A Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809-1815 describes the creation of a wargames' army and provides essential guidance for someone starting out in wargaming through to the more experienced gamer. With more than 290 colour photographs, it describes how the armies of the main nations - France,

To War with Wellington - From the Peninsula to Waterloo (Snow Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with

Waterloo Armies: Men, Organization and Tactics (Haythornthwaite Philip)(Paperback)

A detailed, authoritative single-volume study of the Waterloo

Waterloo: The French Perspective (Field Andrew W.)(Paperback)

The story of the Battle of Waterloo - of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Bl cher and their allied armies - is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of intensive research and the publication of hundreds

Waterloo Battlefield Guide (Buttery David)(Paperback)

An extremely comprehensive and vivid reconstruction of the battle of Waterloo. For anyone interested in both the battle itself and those touring the site, this book is an

Waterloo: Myth and Reality (Glover Gareth)(Paperback)

More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal combination of national bias, willful distortion, and simple error has unfortunately

Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas (Harrison Charles)(Paperback)

Art in Theory (1648-1815) provides a wide-ranging and comprehensivecollection of documents on the theory of art from the founding ofthe French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Like itshighly successful companion volumes, Art in Theory (1815-1900) andArt in Theory (1900-1990), its'

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 (Ingrao Charles W.)(Paperback)

Geographically and linguistically diverse, by 1789 the Habsburg monarchy had laid the groundwork for a single European polity capable of transcending its unique cultural and historic heritage. Challenging the conventional notion of the Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward, Charles W

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology (Owens Deirdre Cooper)(Paperback)

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor

The Design of Race: How Visual Culture Shapes America (Fine Peter Claver)(Paperback)

Twisted Sword (Graham Winston)(Paperback / softback)

11th in the series Cornwall 1815. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons and travel to Paris with his family, as an 'observer' of the French armed

Peter Rabbit: Easter Egg Hunt - Pop-up Book (Potter Beatrix)(Board book)

Peter Rabbit and his friends love Easter, and the race is on to find as many Easter eggs as possible. There are lots of fun flaps to lift and pops to discover in this playful eggstravaganza!Children can lift the giant flaps to reveal Peter Rabbit's burrow, then help Peter to pull up some radishes

My World (Sagan Peter)(Paperback / softback)

From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly impossible: he won three road race World Championships in a row, ensuring his entry into the history books as one of the greatest riders of all time. But to look at Peter's record in isolation is to tell only a fraction of his story, because

Absolute Proof (James Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A breathless race against time to prove the greatest mystery of all, from bestselling author Peter

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race (Thompson Ayanna)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race shows teachers and students how and why Shakespeare and race are inseparable. Moving well beyond Othello, the collection invites the reader to understand racialized discourses, rhetoric, and performances in all of Shakespeare's plays, including the

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor (David Peter)(Paperback)

An enemy so intractable that it cannot be reasoned with. The entire race thinks with one mind and strives toward one purpose: to add our biological distinctiveness to their own and wipe out individuality, to make every living thing Borg. In over two centuries, the Federation has never encountered

Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts (Ansell Amy)(Paperback)

Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key terms, their conceptual evolution over time, and

The Racial Complex: A Jungian Perspective on Culture and Race (Brewster Fanny)(Paperback)

In The Racial Complex: A Jungian Perspective on Culture and Race, Fanny Brewster revisits and examines Jung's classical writing on the theory of complexes, relating it directly to race in modern society. In this groundbreaking exploration, Brewster deepens Jung's minimalist writing regarding the

The Rake (Hawser Gillian)(Paperback)

A remarkable tale of redemption and transformation, The Rake is a love story set against the backdrop of a changing world. Perfect for fans of Bridgerton.It is the turn of the 19th Century and Lord Jaspar Heddington is a rich handsome rake, who womanises with impunity, indulged by the world he

Elmer and the Race (McKee David)(Paperback / softback)

The young elephants want to prove who is the fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur organise a race. Each decorated a different colour, the racers set off around the course and discover things about themselves - Blue may be first and Orange second, but White is kind, Pink and Violet are funny and Yellow is

False Lights (Whittaker K. J.)(Paperback)

Imagine that Buonaparte, instead of Wellington, had won the Battle of Waterloo and that his ex-wife Empress Josephine is presiding over French-occupied